Other MLS 2019

Posted 04 March 2019 - 12:38 AM

Indyanapolis

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Also if anyone wants a laugh, ATL was the only team to be shut out this week.

Frankly, since I am merely a fan and a not a fancy American soccer writer, I'm going to congratulate Wright-Phillips on a well hit goal. If I was an American soccer writer, I'd claim that the recently retired Henry was wearing an invisibility cloak and carried the ball into the net for the obviously unskilled Wright-Phillips.

If you scan YouTube looking for Bradley Wright-Phillips, youll find numerous goal compilations, a few interviews and, eventually, an excerpt from the grime mixtape series Lord of the Mics.

Posted 04 March 2019 - 09:59 AM

ianuaditis

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Location:Connecticut

Supports:Metro, Everton

DC had 2nd best home record on MLS in 2018.
They played the first half on the road without Rooney.

At least as significant as playing the first half without Rooney was playing the first half with whoever they had in goal. They gave up almost 2 goals per game last year before Hamid took over. Their scoring was pretty much even before Rooney and after, the difference was the team with Hamid only allowed something like 13 goals in 15 games. (I'm sure Rooney had something to do with that, they played much better as a team with him in there.)

The weird schedule massively skewed their home/away splits and meant Rooney did not have to deal at all with what basically every Euro player coming here midseason struggles with, that is, travel between coasts etc.

It will be interesting to see how their season shakes out with a more normal distribution of games. So far so good for them I guess.

Posted 30 March 2019 - 09:58 PM

Posted 06 April 2019 - 04:18 PM

John Flushing

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Location:State of New York

Interests:www.metrofanatic.com

Supports:My Own Self Interests.

It has been rumored that Chicago Fire will move to Soldier Field in 2020 (link), which I am in favour of, as it will empower Chicago to become the next Portland, by being located in Chicago proper, making it easier for fans to get to the stadium. It has also been rumored that Chicago Fire will legally change their name to Chicago City Football Club, which I am against, just as I was against seeing the Seattle M.L.S. franchise calling itself Seattle Republic/Seattle Alliance.

"What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"